Can-piercing tool



' R. T. BASHER.

CAN PIEBCING TOOL. APPLICAIION men JUNE 23.1920,

1,407',830', Patented Feb. 28,1922.

' a subject of theKi'ng the parts in the RICHARD T. BASHER, OF GIROUXLAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA CAN-PIERCING TOOL.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Application filed June 23, 1920. Serial No. 391,116.

To (@ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. BASHER,

of Great Britain, residing at Girouz; Lake, in the district ofTemiskaming, Provinceof Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Can-Piercing Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices for forming holes in the ends of canscontaining liquids and semi-liquids through which the contents of thecan may be poured. Holes for the purpose described should be as close tothe site of the can as possible, should present no external burr nor anyinternal burr at the outer. edge to interfere with the free flow of thecontents of the can through the hole, and preferably should present aneX- ternal lip to prevent trickling down the outside. oi the can when itis set down after part of the contents have been poured out through thehole, and the object of my invention. is to devise a simple tool whichwill produce holes possessing the characteristics hereinbefore setforth. I

I attain my object by means of the constructionshereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whieh- Fig. 1 is a planview of the tool looking at the under side;

Fig. 2 a side elevation illustrating the tool in position for piercing acan;

Fig. 3 a side elevation, partly in section, showing the tool in beenpierced;

Fig. 4; a front elevation of the tool with position shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 a plan view of part of the top of a can having a hole punchedtherein.

in the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the.

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l and 2 are handles pivoted together at 33 in an ordinary manner andprovided with the opposed jaws-"e and 5. The jaw 4- is formed withlaterally spread horns 6 adapted to engage under the bead at the top ofa can as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The jaw 5 is formed with a piercingprong 7 movable by the operation of the handles to and from a positionbetween and overlapping the points of the horns, that is to say, thehorns and the piercing prong are so arranged that the point of thelatter passes a line joining -sition of the tool position after a holehas the ends of the horns. A hole will thus be readilypierced throughthe top of the can by pressin the handles together after engaging theiornsj with the head as shown in Fig. 2, can.

It is desired, however, not only to pierce I the hole, but,.as'hereinbefore stated, to eli1ninate the inside burr at the pouringedge of the hole and also to form the pouring edge with an outwardlybent lip to facilitate the pouring. I obtain this result by making thespace between the horns of substantially a V-shape, the V being inclinedrearwardly and downwardly,

when piercing a can. The inner end of the piercing prong is alsosubstantially V-shaped to enter the space be tween the horns. From thisshaping of the parts it follows that not only does the piercing prongpierce the lid, but also compresses the metal of the rim of the can intothe V- shaped space between the horns; thus at this side of the holeflattening out the burr formed by the piercing operation and forming adistinct lip shown particularly in Fig. 5. V 1 7 From the abovedescription it will be seen that I have devised a tool which willsatisfactorily attain the objects of my invention as set forth in thepreamble of this specification.

I 7 hat I claim as my invention is forth in claim 1 in which the spacebetween the horns is substantially V-shaped, the inner side of thepiercing prong being also substan: tially V-shaped to enter the spacebetween the horns.

Signed at Cobalt, Ontario, this 9th day of June, 1920.

RICHARD T. BASHER. Witnesses:

JOSEPH MILLS, 'HARRY C. DONALDSON.

having reference to the'pothe prong resting on the top of the j

